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Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center

Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center
4000 Chain Bridge Road, Suite 1600
Fairfax, VA 22030
Primary Collecting Areas:
Fairfax County, Alexandria, northern Virginia, genealogy, public records, court records, county records, U. S. Civil War, George Washington, George Mason
Description:

The mission of the Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center is to preserve and make available to the public the historic records of the Fairfax Circuit Court. Under §42.1-76 of the Code of Virginia (Virginia Public Records Act), public records created earlier than 1913 are considered historic and are to be maintained in perpetuity by the Commonwealth of Virginia.

The Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center (HRC) holds court records documenting the societal and cultural changes in Fairfax County from its founding in 1742, through the colonial era, Civil War and Reconstruction, to the early 1900s.

POC: Georgia Brown
Phone: (703) 246-4168
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Fairfax County School Records and Ledgers, 1870-1905

6.55 linear feet

Series 1: Demographic records, 1873-1903. Eleven Ledgers. This series contains four School Censuses for 1890, and one for 1900; as well as three Teacher's Registers, two books containing the examinations of teachers, and one Virginia Public School Register. These documents contain teachers' and students' names, ages, education, and race. The censuses include the guardians of the students, the school they attended, what studies they pursued, and if the students could read and write. This series contains a wealth of information about the daily operations of the schools, such as attendance, textbooks used, and studies taught.

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Guide to Sheriff Executions, 1840-1905

15 linear feet

The collection includes documents from 1840 to 1905 and is arranged chronologically, then alphabetically by surname. Along with the executions are receipts from purchases, IOUs, and bank checks to prove that the debt had either been satisfied or not satisfied.

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F.W. Richardson Papers, 1858-1943

3.25 linear feet

Series 1: Personal, 1861-1936, contains personal papers from both F.D. and F.W. Richardson. F.D.'s papers include receipts from Richmond merchants dating to 1861 and 1862 showing that F.D. and another man listed as Howard were buying large quantities of foodstuffs, cooking, serving and eating implements, tobacco products and pipes and other sundries such as candle molds and needles. There is no evidence-based explanation for these purchases. A possible explanation is that F.D. was outfitting a Confederate unit, but this is conjecture. F.D.'s papers also include a farming journal, other bills and receipts, some court papers and claims on his estate.

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